Bedstead attachment.



C. R. EHOFF.

BEDSTEAD ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION mu) APR. 6. I918.

Patented Jan. 28, 1919.

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C. R. EHOFF.

BEDSTEAD ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION mu) APFLG. I918.

1,292,951 Patented Jan. 28, 1919.

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CLEMENSE R. EHOFF, OF ARLINGTON, MARYLAND.

IBEDSTEAD ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1919.

Application filed April 6, 1918. Serial No. 227,092.

,ments, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to attachments for fastening together the head and foot sections of beds for display or show purposes, and the primary object of the invention is to provide novel and improved attachments of this character which are applicable universally to the various types of side rail fastenings as used on both metal and wooden beds, whereby a sin le set of the attachments will serve for all types of beds. Another object of the invention is to provide attachments of this character which are capable of manipulation with facility in applying them to beds having rail fastenings of different types and which embody the necessary parts to cooperate with the rail fastenings on the head and foot sections to secure such sections together without requiring the use of the fastening parts on the side rails, thereby avoiding liability of loss of these parts of the bed.

To these and other ends, the invention consists in certain improvements, and combinations and arrangements of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out particularly in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view. of one of the attachments.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, showing the attachment with its fastening devices reversed as compared with the arrangement shown in Fig.1.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation, partly in section, showing the attachment applied to the head and foot sections of a bed of one type; and 1 Figs. 4-10 inclusive are detail views showing the applicability of the attachment to the various types of side rail fastenings used upon wooden and metal beds.

Similar parts are designated by the same reference characters in the several views.

The invention comprehends a pair of the attachments which constitute, in effect, short side rails which are placed between the head and foot sections of the bed in the positions usually occupied by the side rails of the bed.

The attachments are preferably du licates, eachcomprising a rigid and prefera ly rectangular frame 1, the ends 2 of which present parallel vertical sides to abut against the head and foot sections of the bed adjacent to the side rail fastenings thereof. The frame has a central opening and its ends 2 are provided with openings 3 through which a pair of fastening devices 4: are adapted to extend. Each fastening device comprises a threaded rod 5 of suitable length and of a diameter to extend loosely through the opening 3, one end of the rod being flattened to form a narrow shank 6, and the extremity of this shank is bent edgewise or in an arc to form a book 7. A nut 8, preferably a wing nut, is threaded on the rod 5, and an additional nut 9 of ordinary form is also provided. These fastening devices are capable of being reversely fitted in the ends 2 of the frame; that is to say, they may be fitted in the frame as shown in Fig. 1, in which case the threaded'ends of the rods project from the ends of the frame to 0061)- erate with certain types of rail fastenings on the head and foot sections of the beds, or, these fastening devices may be applied to the frame as shown in Fig. 2, in which case the hooks project beyond the ends of the frame and are adapted to cooperate with other types of rail fastenings on the head and foot sections of the beds. Reversing of the fastening devices in the frame is accomplished by simply removing the nuts 8 and 9, then reversing the fastening, and suitably placing one or both of these nuts. tening devices are applied to the frame as shown in Fig. 1, the wing nutsS occupy positions on the threaded rods 5 at points within the ends 2 of the frame and the plain nuts 9 may be threaded on outer sides of the ends 2. When the fastening devices are applied to the frame as shown in Fig. 2, the wing nuts 8 are applied to the threaded rods 5 at the inner sides of When the fas-r the rods 5 at the the ends 2 of the frame and the plain nuts 9 may also be threaded upon the inner ends of the rods 5. r

i Fig. 3 shows the attachment applied to the head and foot sections A and B of a bed in which the corner posts of the head and.

screw on the side rail and thereby fastenthe side rail. The framehl is placed between-the head and foot sections, thefa'steningdevices are extended through the openings '3 in the 5 frame with the hooks on these fastenings arranged-at the-inner ends thereof, and the threaded rod 5 of each"fastening is extended into one of the holes a in. theiconnertpost"of the bed and rotated to engage with a nut in the transverse channelb. This-nut is preferablythe nut 9 of the fastening device, and after: it has been suitably engaged 'upon the rod "5 xthereof, I the wing: nut 8 is rotated to draw the respective end ofthe'framefirmly against' the respective section ofthebed. In engaging theithreaded rod 5 with the nut 9, the hook 7 which then "lies "Within the opening oit'zsthe"frameflmay serve as :a handle throu 'ih which'notation is imparted to'the threaded rodi5.

Fig.4 shows the attachment applied to a section ofa bed whi'ch'has abore 0 extending'therethrough' to receive a" bolt *or similar type of fasteningnneans forit's side rail. In'this case, the threaded rod portion of thefastening isextended through the hole 0 in' the corneripostef the head or foot sectionnf the bed'and engaged with -=a nut 9 "which is countersunk in the 1 outer side of f the corner I post. Rotation of the wing nut 78 draws the frame l into'finn'engagement the respective section of'the bed.

IrFigs. 6 and 7-show the attachment applied to a bed in which the corner posts of the "head 'and foot sections are' formed with lugs 03, each lug be-ing provided*vvith aconical socket e and a slot i f extending into the socket. In thiscase; the"frame isplaced'between the inner ends of theilugs' d, and the 40 fasteningdevices which "are l placed in the -frame, as shown in Fig. "1, are so adjusted that the threaded rod 5 at the outer I side-of -"the frame'extends through the'islot" f in the :lug a'nd the nut9 on this threadedrod is e5" placed within the tapered socket e. The

wing nut 18 which I bears against the inner side: of the'endQ of the frame is then tight- "ened, drawing the'nut '9 against theside of 'the-i socket fie adjacent to" the slot f, and the end of "the frame is therebydrawn firmly against theend' ofthelugr' Inithe arrangements shown iirFigs. '5, 8, 9 and: 10,: the :fastening' devices are reversed the frame," thei' hooks '7 i then projecting 'be'yond the ien'ds ofi the"frame=ias "shown in iF-ig'IfZ. 111 Fig. '5,"the attachment -is sho-wn applied to a bed each corner post of 'whi'ch ii is forined with a' 'slot j andwone or "more transverse: pins 76' to cooperate with chocklike' Jfastenings on the side'ii'ai-lsf ofthe bed. 1 this case; the hook 7: proj eating? from each 'endsef the' framer 1 is engaged -with one of athe transverse pin-s 'o'f the :respe'ctive bed ssentienriandi-the wing inut" 8risr thenfrotated 6 521m 3, direction to J draw l the "respective end noftheframe 1 firmly against the inner side of the corner .post "of the bed section.

InFig's. 8 and9, the attachment is shown applied-ton bed each corner post of which is provided with a plate m formed with keyhole slots at to receive hook-like fastenings on the side rails, this type of rail fastening ibeing commonly-used on Wooden beds. In

such cases, the hooks 7 projecting from the ends of the franle l are passed through one ofthe key hole slots in eachlsection of the bed and the hook is'then partially rotated,

V hooki-like fastening on the bedrail. In. such :cases, the hook I projecting from' the end of the frame l :is engaged *with the pin '50 in the recess 0,:after whichthe wingnut 8 is rotated, thus drawingthe end of the I frame firmly a'gainst the adj acentuside "of theibed' section.

I Bysspnoviding' a frame havingfastening devicesof the construction described reversibly applied to its'ends, the bed attachments are iuniversally applicable to beds using -'practically: all typesfof side: rail fastenin'gs. :Aiso, the fastening devices of the attachinents may 'be' easily and quickly applied and fastened to the head 'and foot sections of thefbedr'an'dalso reversed to adapt them to beds having sidemail fastenings of different types,- and the attachments do notmequire the useof any er the parts of the fastenings 'onthe'siderails, in consequence of which .loss of 'suchparts is avoided.

I claim? as any invention: 1. An attachment for securing together in close proximity the head and 'foot' seeti0ns :of beds; comprising-a frame to fit between the head and foot sections, and fastening devicesx extending through the ends of" the frame and reversible to bring'eitherof their ends tothej'exteriorof' the frame, the oppoxsite iendsof each fastening device having diiferentitypes of fastening means thereon -'to "cooperate "with the complemental rai] i fastenin'gsfof different types on the'bed' see i tions.

2. An attachment foriseeuring together in close proximity the head and foot sections of beds having=side'raihfasteningsofdiiferifent types; comprising a'franie adapted to fit i between? the bed 1 sections, "and fastening' de vices extending liongitudinally through the of the frame, each of said fastening devices comprising a rod threaded on one end and havin a hook at its opposite end and a nut for said threaded part of the rod.

3. An attachment for securing together in close proximity the head and foot sections of beds having side rail fastenings of different types, comprising a frame adapted to fit between the bed sections, and fastening devices extending loosely through the ends of the frame and individually reversible endwise therein, each fastening device comprising a threaded rod having a reduced flattened shank bent edgewise to form a laterally ofl'set hook, and a nut to cooperate with 15 nesses.

CLEMENSE R. EHOFF.

Witnesses CHAS. 'S. HYER, JOHN S. POWERS.

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